Tuesday, February 19, 2019

OCP Basketball: The Road to States

by Aaron Bass

Our Varsity Basketball Teams, both Girls and Boys, are currently in top-form as they try to reach the State Championship again this year. Our boys are looking to make it a three-peat, having won the FHSAA division 3A boys basketball State Championship for the past two years. 

With new players such as Eric Butler, Christian Rojas and other talented players, the Boys Varsity Team has had a successful season so far, with a record of 18-5. Of those games that are in-district, they are currently undefeated. Coach Treig and his squad will be working hard to get through Regionals and Districts to make it to the RP Funding Center in Lakeland in March!

After having a rough start to the season, the Girls Varsity Team was able to boost their number of wins to 14, winning all five of their in-district games. Our girls continue working hard every day, and have just won districts for the fourth year in a row by defeating Real Life Christian Academy with a score of 66-34! Siarah Brown leads the team and has had an outstanding season with some big performances as she was able to drop 26 points against Rival team Faith Christian and had 22 points in the district final! Siarah is averaging 15 points per game and is definitely someone our opponents are looking out for!

Both the Boys and Girls Varsity Teams will be looking to head to the FHSAA State Championship again this year. The girls have already taken the first step, defeating Bishop McLaughlin in their round one game with a score of 61-18! Our boys are hoping to breeze through their district games, as well, and they they are in great form to do so, having just defeated Atlantic High School.

Be sure to catch a game to support our Varsity Basketball Teams as they journey down another road to States!